The initial immune response during experimental cysticercosis is of the mixed Th1/Th2 type - PubMed (original) (raw)

The initial immune response during experimental cysticercosis is of the mixed Th1/Th2 type

S A Toenjes et al. Parasitol Res. 2003 Mar.

Abstract

The immunological events that occur during the initial stages of experimental cysticercosis are not known. The studies presented here examined the cytokines produced by peritoneal exudate cells (PECs), splenocytes and mesenteric lymph node (MLN) cells during the first week of infection with larval Taenia crassiceps in BALB/cJ mice. Proliferation assays determined that the earliest time when antigen-specific responses could be measured was 5 days post-infection. Concanavalin A (ConA) stimulation of host cells elicited an initial burst of IL-4 production at 24 h of infection and ConA-stimulated Th2-type cytokine production is predominant by 7 days post-infection. Thus, there are responses at day 1 of infection that seem to promote a Th2-type response. Stimulation of MLN cells, splenocytes and PECs with larval antigens supported previous reports of mixed Th1/Th2-type cytokine production with increases in interleukin (IL)-4, IL-10 and interferon (IFN)-gamma. Ex vivo IFN-gamma production by PECs from infected mice was increased at 3, 5 and 7 days post-infection, whereas at these times reduced ex vivo IL-10 production was observed. This ex vivo IFN-gamma response preceded an increasing IL-10 production by PECs between 3 and 7 days post-infection in parasite-specific and ConA-induced proliferation assays. Thus, infection with larval T. crassiceps results in an initial response mediated by IFN-gamma that is quickly followed by an increase in IL-10 production and subsequent reduction in the amount of IFN-gamma being produced.

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The initial immune response during experimental cysticercosis is of the mixed Th1/Th2 type - PubMed (original) (raw)